1 00:00:01,901 --> 00:00:04,504 >> NEWLY DISCLOSED MESSAGES FROM SOME OF THE BIGGEST STARS AND 2 00:00:04,571 --> 00:00:08,308 EXECUTIVES AT FOX NEWS SHOW THAT WHAT THEY SAID AND COMMUNICATED 3 00:00:08,375 --> 00:00:12,412 IN PRIVATE CONTRASTED WHAT THEY TOLD THEIR VIEWERS 4 00:00:12,479 --> 00:00:14,581 AND REPEATEDLY. >> HOST TUCKER CARLSON SENT A 5 00:00:14,647 --> 00:00:17,884 TEXT MESSAGE TO ANOTHER FOX EMPLOYEE, SAYING HE CAN'T WAIT 6 00:00:17,951 --> 00:00:21,955 UNTIL HE CAN STOP COVERING TRUMP, ADDING "I HATE HIM 7 00:00:22,021 --> 00:00:26,459 PASSIONATELY." >> AND NOW... 8 00:00:26,526 --> 00:00:27,794 IF ANOTHER TV PERSONALITY WAS EVER AS HYPOCRITICAL 9 00:00:27,861 --> 00:00:32,632 AS TUCKER CARLSON. 10 00:00:32,699 --> 00:00:47,580 ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE 11 00:00:47,647 --> 00:00:50,049 ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE 12 00:00:50,116 --> 00:00:55,288 SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." TONIGHT... 13 00:00:55,355 --> 00:00:57,490 TRUE OR FOX? FIRST, STEPHEN WELCOMES... 14 00:00:57,557 --> 00:01:06,366 IDRIS ALA AND F. MURRAY ABRAHAM. 15 00:01:06,433 --> 00:01:11,104 FEATURING LOUIS CATO AND "THE LATE SHOW" BAND. 16 00:01:11,171 --> 00:01:14,340 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER 17 00:01:14,407 --> 00:01:24,417 IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT. 18 00:01:24,484 --> 00:01:28,555 ♪ ♪ 19 00:01:28,621 --> 00:01:35,128 >> Stephen: POP A SQUAT. ABSOLUTELY. 20 00:01:35,195 --> 00:01:40,133 FANTASTIC. HELLO. 21 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:47,774 >> Louis: HEY! >> Audience: [CHANTING] 22 00:01:47,841 --> 00:01:50,043 STEPHEN! >> Stephen: HAPPY WEDNESDAY, 23 00:01:50,109 --> 00:01:53,279 EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY! 24 00:01:53,346 --> 00:02:01,521 DOWN HERE COME UP THERE. WHOO! 25 00:02:01,588 --> 00:02:05,992 THANK YOU. WELCOME. 26 00:02:06,059 --> 00:02:08,828 WELCOME LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. 27 00:02:08,895 --> 00:02:11,698 THANK YOU. WELCOME, FOLKS TO "THE 28 00:02:11,764 --> 00:02:15,001 LATE SHOW." I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 29 00:02:15,068 --> 00:02:22,175 I WANT TO START OFF, FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY HUMP DAY 30 00:02:22,242 --> 00:02:23,643 WHICH IS FITTING, BECAUSE THANKS TO THE DOMINION 31 00:02:23,710 --> 00:02:28,314 VOTING SYSTEMS LAWSUIT, IT LOOKS LIKE FOX NEWS IS ROYALLY HUMPED. 32 00:02:28,381 --> 00:02:33,586 SOME NEW COURT FILINGS DROPPED JUST LAST NIGHT, AND THE BIG 33 00:02:33,653 --> 00:02:35,889 SURPRISE IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD SURPRISE NO ONE. 34 00:02:35,955 --> 00:02:39,158 FOX NEWS DOESN'T BELIEVE A WORD THEY SAY, AND NEITHER SHOULD 35 00:02:39,225 --> 00:02:42,562 YOU. AND NEITHER SHOULD THE WHITE 36 00:02:42,629 --> 00:02:44,531 HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' ASSOCIATION. 37 00:02:44,597 --> 00:02:50,036 CASE IN POINT: NEWS CORP CEO AND PICARD 38 00:02:50,103 --> 00:02:52,071 ACTION FIGURE LEFT ON A HOT DASHBOARD, 39 00:02:52,138 --> 00:02:56,709 RUPERT MURDOCH. PUBLICLY, RUPERT MURDOCH'S 40 00:02:56,776 --> 00:02:58,645 NETWORK HAS BEEN TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE FORMER 41 00:02:58,711 --> 00:03:00,847 PRESIDENT AND HIS ELECTION LIES, BUT PRIVATE MESSAGES 42 00:03:00,914 --> 00:03:06,786 FROM NOVEMBER 2020 SHOW MURDOCH FRETTING THAT THE EX-PRESIDENT 43 00:03:06,853 --> 00:03:13,226 WAS GOING "INCREASINGLY MAD." INCREASINGLY MAD. 44 00:03:13,293 --> 00:03:14,928 I'M JUST CURIOUS, RUPY. AT WHAT POINT 45 00:03:14,994 --> 00:03:19,432 IN HIS MADNESS MIGHT IT OCCUR TO YOU TO REPORT THAT 46 00:03:19,499 --> 00:03:22,869 THAT THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD HAS GROWN INCREASINGLY 47 00:03:22,936 --> 00:03:25,238 MAD. I BELIEVE THE SCALE GOES: 48 00:03:25,305 --> 00:03:30,710 MAD, INCREASINGLY MAD, INCITING A COUP, 49 00:03:30,777 --> 00:03:38,484 STRANGLING HIS SECRET SERVICE DRIVER, AND DINNER WITH KANYE. 50 00:03:38,551 --> 00:03:45,525 THAT'S RIGHT AT THE TOP. WE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT MURDOCH 51 00:03:45,592 --> 00:03:47,594 SAID UNDER OATH THAT HE BELIEVES THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL 52 00:03:47,660 --> 00:03:50,063 ELECTION WAS FREE, FAIR, AND NOT STOLEN. 53 00:03:50,129 --> 00:03:54,767 BUT HERE'S THE THING. AFTER HIS OWN VOTE TRACKING TEAM 54 00:03:54,834 --> 00:03:58,071 CALLED ARIZONA FOR BIDEN, ENRAGING THE MAGA CROWD, 55 00:03:58,137 --> 00:04:02,108 THE NETWORK HAD AN EMERGENCY MEETING, WHERE FOX NEWS' CEO 56 00:04:02,175 --> 00:04:04,043 LAMENTED, "IF WE HADN'T CALLED ARIZONA, THOSE THREE OR 57 00:04:04,110 --> 00:04:07,981 FOUR DAYS FOLLOWING ELECTION DAY, OUR RATINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN 58 00:04:08,047 --> 00:04:12,819 BIGGER," BECAUSE "THE MYSTERY WOULD HAVE BEEN STILL HANGING 59 00:04:12,885 --> 00:04:14,787 OUT THERE." THAT'S RIGHT. 60 00:04:14,854 --> 00:04:18,024 FOX NEWS BELIEVES NEWS SHOULD BE MYSTERIOUS. 61 00:04:18,091 --> 00:04:20,259 THEY LEARNED THEIR JOURNALISM FROM SCOOBY DOO. 62 00:04:20,326 --> 00:04:26,633 >> RIP HIS MASK OFF! [GASPS] 63 00:04:26,699 --> 00:04:29,402 IT'S THE OLD MAN WHO RUNS THE ABANDONED CASINO! 64 00:04:29,469 --> 00:04:32,138 >> AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT, TOO, IF IT WASN'T 65 00:04:32,205 --> 00:04:36,709 FOR YOU MEDDLING VOTERS. >> ZOINKS! 66 00:04:36,776 --> 00:04:39,779 >> IT'S A ROUP-D'ETAT, SHAGGY! >> HE'S SOLVING MYSTERIES, 67 00:04:39,846 --> 00:04:44,117 LIKE A DOG. >> Stephen: ANOTHER THING 68 00:04:44,183 --> 00:04:46,352 WE LEARNED: SEAN HANNITY WAS 69 00:04:46,419 --> 00:04:49,756 ON A TEXT CHAIN WITH FOX AND FRIEND STEVE DOOCY, 70 00:04:49,822 --> 00:04:54,494 AND SEAN COMPLAINED ABOUT THE NEWS TEAM'S INSISTENCE 71 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:59,666 ON REPORTING FACTS, WRITING "NEWS DESTROYED US." 72 00:04:59,732 --> 00:05:02,268 WELL, IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL ANY BETTER, SEAN, YOU ALSO 73 00:05:02,335 --> 00:05:10,610 DESTROYED NEWS. THE DOOCE... 74 00:05:10,677 --> 00:05:12,779 THE DOOCE RESPONDED TO HANNITY, 75 00:05:12,845 --> 00:05:16,582 MOCKING THE NEWS SIDE OF FOX, SAYING, "THEY DON'T CARE. 76 00:05:16,649 --> 00:05:20,186 THEY ARE JOURNALISTS." YEAH, THEY'RE JOURNALISTS. 77 00:05:20,253 --> 00:05:25,058 THEY DON'T HAVE REAL JOBS LIKE "AND FRIEND." 78 00:05:25,124 --> 00:05:28,027 PERHAPS THE BIGGEST HYPOCRITE AT FOX NEWS IS TOP-RATED PRIME TIME 79 00:05:28,094 --> 00:05:35,835 HOST TUCKER CARLSON, SEEN HERE WATCHING E.T. DIE. 80 00:05:35,902 --> 00:05:39,605 EVEN THOUGH TUCKER HAS PUBLICLY DEFENDED THE FORMER PRESIDENT, 81 00:05:39,672 --> 00:05:41,741 THE COURT FILINGS SHOW THAT ON JANUARY 4, 2021, 82 00:05:41,808 --> 00:05:45,945 CARLSON WROTE PRIVATELY, "I HATE HIM PASSIONATELY." 83 00:05:46,012 --> 00:05:49,515 WHAT? WHAT? 84 00:05:49,582 --> 00:05:52,251 YOU HATE HIM? BUT TALKING ABOUT HIM 85 00:05:52,318 --> 00:05:55,354 PAYS YOUR BIG SALARY! THIS IS LIKE FINDING A TEXT 86 00:05:55,421 --> 00:05:57,190 FROM THE INFOMERCIAL GUY THAT SAYS, 87 00:05:57,256 --> 00:05:58,758 "SOMEONE PLEASE GET ME PAPER TOWELS! 88 00:05:58,825 --> 00:06:03,930 THIS STUPID SHAMWOW JUST KIND OF MOVES IT ALL AROUND." 89 00:06:03,996 --> 00:06:06,699 BY THE WAY, FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS WHAT TUCKER CARLSON 90 00:06:06,766 --> 00:06:10,536 LOOKS LIKE WHEN HE HATES YOU PASSIONATELY. 91 00:06:10,603 --> 00:06:12,872 SO KUDOS TO TUCKER. IT'S NOT EASY TO LOOK LIKE THE 92 00:06:12,939 --> 00:06:14,941 CRAZY ONE IN A PHOTO WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT 93 00:06:15,007 --> 00:06:21,748 AND MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE. THAT IS... 94 00:06:21,814 --> 00:06:27,687 SOME DOWNTOWN. THESE FILINGS REVEAL ALL SORTS 95 00:06:27,754 --> 00:06:30,123 OF DAMNING PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS FROM 96 00:06:30,189 --> 00:06:31,791 TUCKER CARLSON. BUT THEY'RE JUST TEXTS. 97 00:06:31,858 --> 00:06:36,796 THERE'S NO AUDIO. BUT "THE LATE SHOW" HAS USED 98 00:06:36,863 --> 00:06:39,699 CUTTING EDGE A.I. TECHNOLOGY AND THIS IS TRUE. 99 00:06:39,766 --> 00:06:44,537 WE CREATED A FAKE TUCKER CARLSON SOUNDALIKE TO READ HIS ACTUAL 100 00:06:44,604 --> 00:06:46,472 WORDS FROM HIS ACTUAL TEXTS, LIKE WHEN HE ACTUALLY WROTE 101 00:06:46,539 --> 00:06:48,841 THIS ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT. 102 00:06:48,908 --> 00:06:52,912 >> THAT'S THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WE'RE ALL PRETENDING WE'VE GOT 103 00:06:52,979 --> 00:06:55,381 A LOT TO SHOW FOR IT, BECAUSE ADMITTING WHAT A DISASTER 104 00:06:55,448 --> 00:06:56,649 IT'S BEEN IS TOO TOUGH TO DIGEST. 105 00:06:56,716 --> 00:06:59,118 BUT COME ON. THERE ISN'T REALLY AN 106 00:06:59,185 --> 00:07:02,655 UPSIDE TO TRUMP. >> Stephen: WOW. 107 00:07:02,722 --> 00:07:05,558 I KNOW THAT REALLY SOUNDS LIKE TUCKER'S VOICE, BUT THAT'S NOT 108 00:07:05,625 --> 00:07:08,694 REALLY HIM SPEAKING. AND THE WAY YOU CAN TELL 109 00:07:08,761 --> 00:07:11,731 THAT'S NOT REALLY TUCKER, IS THAT HE WAS SAYING WHAT HE 110 00:07:11,798 --> 00:07:17,770 ACTUALLY BELIEVES ON TV. BUT AGAIN, 111 00:07:17,837 --> 00:07:22,842 BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE REAL TEXTS. 112 00:07:22,909 --> 00:07:24,811 AND TUCKER IS RIGHT. WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT, 113 00:07:24,877 --> 00:07:28,347 THERE IS NO UPSIDE. BUT THEN AGAIN, THERE IS PLENTY 114 00:07:28,414 --> 00:07:32,752 OF BACKSIDE. AN OLDIE BUT A GOODIE. 115 00:07:32,819 --> 00:07:35,254 NICE TO SEE. AND SINCE THE REVELATION OF HIS 116 00:07:35,321 --> 00:07:39,759 VAST, DUPLICITOUS HYPOCRISY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE 117 00:07:39,826 --> 00:07:41,828 ABOUT TUCKER ANYMORE. DOES HE REALLY 118 00:07:41,894 --> 00:07:44,864 TAN HIS TESTICLES? DOES HE ACTUALLY WANT TO 119 00:07:44,931 --> 00:07:48,267 HAVE SEX WITH A LADY M&M? OR IS HE JUST LEADING HER 120 00:07:48,334 --> 00:07:53,940 ON WITH HIS PALE, PALE TESTICLES. 121 00:07:54,006 --> 00:07:57,076 EVEN, EVEN WHILE BEING EXPOSED AS A LEGALLY DOCUMENTED CYNICAL 122 00:07:57,143 --> 00:08:00,012 AND COWARDLY LIAR, CARLSON HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO 123 00:08:00,079 --> 00:08:05,184 BELIEVE HIS DECEPTIVE EDIT OF THE JANUARY 6TH FOOTAGE. 124 00:08:05,251 --> 00:08:07,353 BUT THE REACTION HAS BEEN DECIDEDLY MIXED, 125 00:08:07,420 --> 00:08:08,988 INCLUDING THIS TAKEDOWN FROM G.O.P. SPOKESSKIN, 126 00:08:09,055 --> 00:08:12,358 MITCH MCCONNELL. >> IT WAS A MISTAKE, IN MY VIEW, 127 00:08:12,425 --> 00:08:21,133 FOR FOX NEWS TO DEPICT THIS IN A WAY THAT'S COMPLETELY AT 128 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,804 VARIANCE WITH WHAT OUR CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL HERE AT THE 129 00:08:24,871 --> 00:08:29,175 CAPITOL THINKS. >> Stephen: OH, TUCK, YOU JUST 130 00:08:29,242 --> 00:08:34,814 GOT MITCH SLAPPED. MITT ROMNEY PILED ON. 131 00:08:34,881 --> 00:08:37,183 >> IT'S REALLY SAD TO SEE TUCKER CARLSON GO OFF THE RAILS 132 00:08:37,250 --> 00:08:40,853 THAT BAD. >> Stephen: OH, MITT, 133 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:42,922 THIS ISN'T NEW. FOR YEARS, TUCKER'S BEEN GOING 134 00:08:42,989 --> 00:08:46,425 OFF THE RAILS AND POURING HIS POISON ON AMERICA. 135 00:08:46,492 --> 00:08:47,426 THAT'S WHY THEY CALL HIM THE NORFOLK SOUTHERN 136 00:08:47,493 --> 00:08:54,000 OF CABLE NEWS! AND THERE'S NEWS OUT THERE 137 00:08:54,066 --> 00:08:55,968 ABOUT A LITTLE THING YOU MIGHT KNOW CALLED MARIJUANA. 138 00:08:56,035 --> 00:08:57,803 DISCO LETTUCE. THE DEVIL'S ARUGULA. 139 00:08:57,870 --> 00:09:02,308 UNCLE JAZZ CABBAGE. BECAUSE YESTERDAY, 140 00:09:02,375 --> 00:09:06,379 OKLAHOMA VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY REJECTED AN EFFORT TO LEGALIZE 141 00:09:06,445 --> 00:09:11,083 RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, OKLAHOMA? 142 00:09:11,150 --> 00:09:18,858 YOUR WHOLE STATE IS A PIPE. PANHANDLE MY ASS. 143 00:09:18,925 --> 00:09:23,296 IT'S A PANHANDLE, SURE. THOSE WHO OPPOSE 144 00:09:23,362 --> 00:09:24,864 THE RECREATIONAL DANKAGE SAY THAT THIS REJECTION WILL 145 00:09:24,931 --> 00:09:29,368 "IMPROVE THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE IN OUR STATE." 146 00:09:29,435 --> 00:09:31,737 SO IF YOU'RE STRESSED IN OKLAHOMA, YOU'RE GONNA HAVETO 147 00:09:31,804 --> 00:09:34,273 DEAL WITH IT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY: CHEWING ON A STALK OF 148 00:09:34,340 --> 00:09:37,243 WHEAT, STARING INTO THE DISTANCE, 149 00:09:37,310 --> 00:09:40,012 AND REALIZING THE WIND TAKES A LOT OF GOOD MEN. 150 00:09:40,079 --> 00:09:45,284 THE DUST IS YOUR BROTHER NOW. THIS VOTE WAS A BIT OF 151 00:09:45,351 --> 00:09:47,086 A SURPRISE, GIVEN THAT OKLAHOMA HAS EMBRACED 152 00:09:47,153 --> 00:09:50,690 MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND NEARLY 10% OF THE POPULATION ALREADY 153 00:09:50,756 --> 00:09:54,627 HAS A MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARD. EXPLAINS WHY THEY'VE CHANGED 154 00:09:54,694 --> 00:09:58,230 THE NAME OF THE STATE TO OH-GLAUCOMA. 155 00:09:58,297 --> 00:10:03,035 AND REPORTERS SAY THERE'S A MARIJUANA SHOP ON "EVERY 156 00:10:03,102 --> 00:10:07,640 CORNER," WITH 400 DISPENSARIES IN OKLAHOMA CITY ALONE. 157 00:10:07,707 --> 00:10:10,943 ♪ OOOOOKLAHOMA ♪ ♪ WHERE THEY ALL ENJOY ♪ 158 00:10:11,010 --> 00:10:15,081 ♪ A PUFF-PUFF-PASS ♪ ♪ AND IF ONE STORE'S CLOSED ♪ 159 00:10:15,147 --> 00:10:18,551 ♪ JUST USE YOUR NOSE ♪ ♪ YOU CAN FIND ♪ 160 00:10:18,617 --> 00:10:25,958 ♪ MORE STICKY, ICKY ♪ ♪ GRAAAASS! ♪ 161 00:10:26,025 --> 00:10:30,463 I GOT AHEAD OF IT. IN OTHER NEWS, WE'RE GETTING 162 00:10:30,529 --> 00:10:32,698 DISTURBING REPORTS THAT THERE ARE COUNTRIES BESIDES THE 163 00:10:32,765 --> 00:10:35,267 UNITED STATES -- AND OVER IN FRANCE, 164 00:10:35,334 --> 00:10:40,339 A MASS STRIKE HAS BROUGHT THE COUNTRY TO A HALT. 165 00:10:40,406 --> 00:10:42,341 WITH STOPPAGES AMONG TRUCK DRIVERS, 166 00:10:42,408 --> 00:10:43,542 GARBAGE COLLECTORS, SCHOOLS, FUEL DELIVERIES, 167 00:10:43,609 --> 00:10:48,981 AIR TRAVEL, AND TRAIN SERVICE. THE STRIKE EVEN AFFECTED THE 168 00:10:49,048 --> 00:10:52,518 LOUVRE, WHERE PROTESTERS BRIEFLY OCCUPIED THE ROOM WHERE 169 00:10:52,585 --> 00:10:56,255 THE MONA LISA IS DISPLAYED. AND SHE WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. 170 00:10:56,322 --> 00:11:02,862 OR WAS SHE? IT'S HARD TO TELL REALLY. 171 00:11:02,928 --> 00:11:04,663 THIS ALL KICKED OFF ON MONDAY WHEN TRUCKERS SPORADICALLY 172 00:11:04,730 --> 00:11:08,300 BLOCKED MAJOR HIGHWAY ARTERIES AND INTERCHANGES IN GO-SLOW 173 00:11:08,367 --> 00:11:11,670 ACTIONS DUBBED "ESCARGOT." EVENTUALLY, AUTHORITIES ARRIVED 174 00:11:11,737 --> 00:11:18,177 AND REMOVED THE PROTESTORS WITH A SPECIAL LITTLE FORK. 175 00:11:18,244 --> 00:11:19,879 SO WHY ALL THE FRENCH FRIED FUSS? 176 00:11:19,945 --> 00:11:23,115 A GOVERNMENT PROPOSAL TO RAISE THE RETIREMENT AGE FROM 62 177 00:11:23,182 --> 00:11:27,286 TO 64. WHAT? 178 00:11:27,353 --> 00:11:31,123 FRANCE'S RETIREMENT AGE IS 62? AMERICA'S RETIREMENT AGE 179 00:11:31,190 --> 00:11:42,568 IS DEATH. WHEN YOU TURN 85, 180 00:11:42,635 --> 00:11:44,203 THEY STRAP YOU TO A POLE AND PROP YOU UP 181 00:11:44,270 --> 00:11:47,373 AT THE FRONT OF A WALMART. WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW 182 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:50,910 FOR YOU TONIGHT. MY GUESTS ARE IDRIS ELBA 183 00:11:50,976 --> 00:11:54,713 AND F. MURRAY ABRAHAM. BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, 184 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:59,518 WOMEN! YEAH, I SAID IT. 185 00:12:18,637 --> 00:12:33,519 ♪ ♪ 186 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:35,054 ♪ ♪ 187 00:12:35,121 --> 00:12:39,225 >> Stephen: GIVE IT UP FOR THE BAND, EVERYBODY. 188 00:12:39,291 --> 00:12:42,628 LOUIS CATO AND "THE LATE SHOW." RIGHT THERE. 189 00:12:42,695 --> 00:12:46,799 , TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO AMAZING PEOPLE ON. 190 00:12:46,866 --> 00:12:50,302 OSCAR-WINNER F. MURRAY ABRAHAM IS GOING TO BE OUT HERE IN A 191 00:12:50,369 --> 00:12:53,639 LITTLE WHILE. "THE WHITE LOTUS" SEASON TWO. 192 00:12:53,706 --> 00:12:58,277 IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, THE ONE, THE ONLY, LOVELY MAN, AMAZING 193 00:12:58,344 --> 00:13:02,982 PERFORMER, PHYSICALLY ATTRACTIVE. 194 00:13:03,048 --> 00:13:06,318 IDRIS ELBA. THAT'S NICE. 195 00:13:06,385 --> 00:13:10,589 BEAUTIFUL MAN. ON A LOT OF LEVELS, BEAUTIFUL 196 00:13:10,656 --> 00:13:13,292 MAN. FOLKS, I HOPE YOU'VE ALL BEEN 197 00:13:13,359 --> 00:13:16,729 CELEBRATING BECAUSE IT'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. 198 00:13:16,795 --> 00:13:22,034 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] DON'T FORGET TO GET SOMETHING 199 00:13:22,101 --> 00:13:27,206 SPECIAL FOR THE WOMEN IN YOUR LIFE, LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES 200 00:13:27,273 --> 00:13:31,877 CONTAINING A LIST OF THEIR MALE COWORKERS' SALARIES. 201 00:13:31,944 --> 00:13:33,946 UNFORTUATELY, IT'S NOT BEEN A GREAT YEAR FOR THE LADIES. 202 00:13:34,013 --> 00:13:36,482 IN IRAN, ALMOST 4,000 WOMEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN PROTESTS. 203 00:13:36,549 --> 00:13:40,386 IN AFGHANISTAN, THE TALIBAN HAS CRACKED DOWN ON WOMEN'S 204 00:13:40,452 --> 00:13:45,724 RIGHTS, AND RIGHT HERE IN THE OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE. 205 00:13:45,791 --> 00:13:47,193 IT'S GOTTEN SO BAD THAT BEYONCE UPDATED HER HIT SONG. 206 00:13:47,259 --> 00:13:53,432 >> ♪ WHO RUN THE WORLD? ♪ ♪ TURDS! ♪ 207 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:58,604 >> Stephen: BUT DON'T WORRY THAT THIS YEAR WAS A SETBACK, 208 00:13:58,671 --> 00:14:01,574 BECAUSE THERE'S GOOD NEWS FROM U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL 209 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:03,409 ANTONIO GUTERRES, SEEN HERE SAYING, "IT'S NOT MY FAULT! 210 00:14:03,475 --> 00:14:08,247 THAT BABY WAS SLIPPERY!" GUTERRES BELIEVES THAT THINGS 211 00:14:08,314 --> 00:14:10,716 FOR WOMEN WILL GET BETTER IN THE FUTURE. 212 00:14:10,783 --> 00:14:13,852 WAY, WAY IN THE FUTURE. 'CAUSE THIS WEEK HE PREDICTED 213 00:14:13,919 --> 00:14:18,557 THAT GENDER EQUALITY IS "300 YEARS AWAY." 214 00:14:18,624 --> 00:14:20,859 OR AS FOX NEWS PUT IT, "WILL WOKE TIME TRAVELERS COME 215 00:14:20,926 --> 00:14:25,698 BACK AND CANCEL OUR HOOTERS?" OF COURSE, INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S 216 00:14:25,764 --> 00:14:28,367 DAY IS ALSO A TIME TO HONOR ALL THE BRANDS WHO WOULD LIKE 217 00:14:28,434 --> 00:14:32,238 TO BOOST THEIR SALES, LIKE CONDOM COMPANY DUREX, 218 00:14:32,304 --> 00:14:34,640 WHO HELD A PUBLICITY STUNT IN LONDON TO HIGHLIGHT 219 00:14:34,707 --> 00:14:38,043 THE FACT THAT WOMEN ARE FOUR TIMES LESS LIKELY TO SAY 220 00:14:38,110 --> 00:14:43,048 THEY ALWAYS ORGASM DURING SEX, WHICH THEY HAVE DUBBED 221 00:14:43,115 --> 00:14:44,583 THE "ORGASM GAP," WHICH IS ALSO THE BEST PLACE 222 00:14:44,650 --> 00:14:48,821 TO BUY REASONABLY PRICED ASSLESS CHAPS. 223 00:14:48,887 --> 00:14:51,790 HERE'S HOW DUREX HIGHLIGHTED THE O-GAP. 224 00:14:51,857 --> 00:14:54,660 >> I'M HERE IN LONDON WITH A BUNCH OF FOOTBALL FANS 225 00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:57,796 ABOUT TO WATCH A BIG MATCH. WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW IS 226 00:14:57,863 --> 00:15:00,699 THAT THE SCREEN IS GOING TO BE TURNED OFF RIGHT AT THOSE 227 00:15:00,766 --> 00:15:09,408 CLIMATIC MOMENTS TO GIVE THEM THAT FEELING OF MISSING OUT. 228 00:15:09,475 --> 00:15:12,845 >> Stephen: TO CONTINUE THE METAPHOR, WHEN THE GAME 229 00:15:12,911 --> 00:15:16,115 RESTARTED, THE TV SCREEN SAID, "OH, YOU'RE AMAZING, BABE," 230 00:15:16,181 --> 00:15:19,351 AND THEN TURNED OVER AND CHECKED ITS EMAIL. 231 00:15:19,418 --> 00:15:22,288 DUREX ISN'T THE ONLY BRAND HOPPING ON THE LADY TRAIN. 232 00:15:22,354 --> 00:15:25,291 SO IS MATTEL, WHICH UNVEILED A NEW "WOMEN IN STEM" LINE 233 00:15:25,357 --> 00:15:30,029 OF BARBIE DOLLS, INCLUDING SPACE SCIENTIST 234 00:15:30,095 --> 00:15:32,798 DR. MAGGIE ADERRIN-POECOCK, FORMER YOUTUBE CEO 235 00:15:32,865 --> 00:15:35,534 SUSAN WOCHITSKY, AND MARINE RESEARCHER 236 00:15:35,601 --> 00:15:40,806 AND MICROBIOLOGIST ANTJE BOETIUS. 237 00:15:40,873 --> 00:15:44,910 IT'S A GREAT CELEBRATION OF WOMEN, AND SO MUCH FUN FOR KIDS! 238 00:15:44,977 --> 00:15:46,478 "HEY, BARBIE, WANNA GO TO THE BACH?" 239 00:15:46,545 --> 00:15:49,248 "SORRY, KEN. I'M FORMER YOUTUBE CEO 240 00:15:49,315 --> 00:15:50,749 SUSAN WOCHITSKY, AND I'VE GOT A 6:00 A.M. MEETING WITH 241 00:15:50,816 --> 00:15:56,021 THE TOKYO OFFICE ABOUT CLICKTHROUGH OPTIMIZATION." 242 00:15:56,088 --> 00:15:59,792 "OKAY." OTHER BRANDS ARE ALSO JOINING 243 00:15:59,858 --> 00:16:02,194 THE LADY HONORING, LIKE HERSHEY'S, WHICH IS 244 00:16:02,261 --> 00:16:06,498 CELEBRATING WITH "HER-SHE BARS." OTHER CANDY COMPANIES ARE 245 00:16:06,565 --> 00:16:08,934 JOINING IN WITH PRODUCTS LIKE GOOBERS B. ANTHONY, 246 00:16:09,001 --> 00:16:12,338 AND RUTH BADER TWIZZLERS. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH 247 00:16:12,404 --> 00:16:16,141 IDRIS ELBA. 248 00:16:24,583 --> 00:16:31,990 ♪ ♪ 249 00:16:32,057 --> 00:16:33,359 >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. 250 00:16:33,425 --> 00:16:37,996 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST IS AN ACTOR 251 00:16:38,063 --> 00:16:41,567 YOU KNOW FROM "THE WIRE," "MOLLY'S GAME," AND "LUTHER." 252 00:16:41,633 --> 00:16:44,770 HE NOW STARS IN THE NEW MOVIE "LUTHER: THE FALLEN SUN." 253 00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:45,637 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," 254 00:16:45,704 --> 00:17:00,586 IDRIS ELBA. >> Idris: HEY! 255 00:17:00,652 --> 00:17:01,520 IDRIS ELBA. >> Idris: HEY! 256 00:17:01,587 --> 00:17:09,461 ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO. 257 00:17:09,528 --> 00:17:11,797 NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. TO BE TOO NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 258 00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:15,467 >> Stephen: IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE YOU'VE BEEN >> Idris: I 259 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:19,304 WANT TO DO THAT AGAIN. >> Stephen: I MIGHT WANT TO DO 260 00:17:19,371 --> 00:17:20,706 IT AGAIN BECAUSE I DIDN'T HUG YOU VERY WELL. 261 00:17:20,773 --> 00:17:26,245 I FORGET HOW TALL YOU ARE. I FELT LIKE A TODDLER HUGGING 262 00:17:26,311 --> 00:17:28,247 HIS DAD. >> Idris: THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 263 00:17:28,313 --> 00:17:30,616 COME TO PAPA. ANY TIME. 264 00:17:30,682 --> 00:17:35,621 >> Stephen: YOU WERE HERE THREE YEARS AGO FOR THE MOVIE 265 00:17:35,687 --> 00:17:38,724 "HOBBS AND SHAW." BEFORE WE CAN GET TO THE OTHER 266 00:17:38,791 --> 00:17:41,160 STUFF YOU'VE GOT TO SETTLE SOMETHING. 267 00:17:41,226 --> 00:17:42,795 THERE'S AN INCREDIBLE CONTROVERSY ABOUT THAT MOVIE. 268 00:17:42,861 --> 00:17:46,231 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? THERE WAS A CONTROVERSY AS TO 269 00:17:46,298 --> 00:17:52,805 WHETHER HOBBS AND SEAN IS CANNON IN "THE FAST AND FURIOUS" 270 00:17:52,871 --> 00:17:54,540 UNIVERSE. DOES IT FIT ANYWHERE? 271 00:17:54,606 --> 00:17:59,411 DO WE HAVE TO ACCEPT IT AS PART OF THE STORY OF FAST AND THE 272 00:17:59,478 --> 00:18:01,613 FURIOUS. WHAT IS YOUR BELIEF? 273 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:07,486 KEEP IN MIND THAT IF IT'S PART OF THE CANON THEN WHY IS THE 274 00:18:07,553 --> 00:18:12,357 11TH FAST AND FURIOUS MOVIE CALLED FAST 10? 275 00:18:12,424 --> 00:18:15,294 YOU DON'T GET EASY QUESTIONS HERE. 276 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:18,564 YOU KNOW. WE HOLD THE GUEST'S FEET TO THE 277 00:18:18,630 --> 00:18:19,965 FIRE. >> Idris: YOU ARE PUTTING THE 278 00:18:20,032 --> 00:18:21,967 RIGHT IN THERE. >> Stephen: I WOULD SAY THAT I 279 00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:28,407 WAS AMAZING THAT MOVIE. >> Idris: I WOULD SAY I WAS 280 00:18:28,474 --> 00:18:33,812 AMAZING THAT MOVIE. >> Stephen: THAT'S THE RIGHT 281 00:18:33,879 --> 00:18:34,880 ANSWER. >> Idris: DO YOU MIND IF I 282 00:18:34,947 --> 00:18:40,953 TAKE THIS COAT OFF? >> Stephen: IDRIS, YOU CAN 283 00:18:41,019 --> 00:18:45,524 TAKE THE PANTS OFF. >> Idris: I BROUGHT JACKET. 284 00:18:45,591 --> 00:18:52,030 IT'S QUITE LUTHERY. >> Stephen: JUST DRAPE IT. 285 00:18:52,097 --> 00:18:56,335 VERY NICE. WE ALSO MIX IT UP. 286 00:18:56,401 --> 00:18:59,338 YOU NEVER KNOW. YOU LAUGH NOW. 287 00:18:59,404 --> 00:19:02,941 YOU WON'T BE LAUGHING WHEN I AM DEAD ON THE FLOOR. 288 00:19:03,008 --> 00:19:06,345 PUNCH MY HEAD OFF MY SHOULDERS. HAVE YOU BEEN? 289 00:19:06,411 --> 00:19:10,749 >> Idris: GOOD, MAN. SINCE I SAW YOU, I HAD A BIG 290 00:19:10,816 --> 00:19:11,950 BIRTHDAY. >> Stephen: WHICH ONE? 291 00:19:12,017 --> 00:19:16,622 >> Idris: 5-0. >> Stephen: OH, WOW. 292 00:19:16,688 --> 00:19:18,624 WHAT'S THAT LIKE? >> Idris: YOU HAVEN'T REACHED 293 00:19:18,690 --> 00:19:23,662 IT YET. >> Stephen: SOMEDAY. 294 00:19:23,729 --> 00:19:32,437 >> Idris: THERE'S A LOT -- GINA WHAT IGAF MEANS? 295 00:19:32,504 --> 00:19:36,174 "I DON'T GIVE A... ">> Stephen: IT'S A GOOD 296 00:19:36,241 --> 00:19:37,142 FEELING PASS 50. YOU DO NOT CARE WHAT PEOPLE 297 00:19:37,209 --> 00:19:43,181 THINK OF YOU. >> Idris: IT WORKS FOR ALMOST 298 00:19:43,248 --> 00:19:45,284 EVERYTHING. I DON'T GIVE A... 299 00:19:45,350 --> 00:19:47,853 >> Stephen: DOES IT AFFECT YOUR PERFORMANCE? 300 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:52,024 YOU JUST DO YOUR THING? >> Idris: IT MAKES ME MORE 301 00:19:52,090 --> 00:19:54,026 CONSIDERATE, CONSIDERING MY PERFORMANCE. 302 00:19:54,092 --> 00:20:01,400 >> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY LEFT? 303 00:20:01,466 --> 00:20:03,468 >> Idris: YEAH. >> Stephen: THIS COULD BE IT. 304 00:20:03,535 --> 00:20:06,204 >> Idris: THAT WASN'T WHERE I WAS GOING BUT YES. 305 00:20:06,271 --> 00:20:08,440 >> Stephen: THINK ABOUT THAT. >> Idris: 100%. 306 00:20:08,507 --> 00:20:11,443 IT FEELS GOOD AND I FEEL GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? 307 00:20:11,510 --> 00:20:14,046 >> Stephen: I AM 58. I AM BARELY HANGING ON. 308 00:20:14,112 --> 00:20:19,284 I KEEP MY COAT ON. NO ONE WANTS TO SEE MY GUNS. 309 00:20:19,351 --> 00:20:23,322 LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT BESIDES BEING 310 00:20:23,388 --> 00:20:30,762 AN ACTOR, YOU'RE ALSO A D.J. YOU D.J. ON -- 311 00:20:30,829 --> 00:20:37,836 THEY CHECK YOUR I.D.? >> Idris: THEY CHECK MY I.D. 312 00:20:37,903 --> 00:20:50,983 I STILL D.J. AND I DID COACH COACHELLA. 313 00:20:51,049 --> 00:20:53,318 I DON'T KNOW. THEY MUST BE SUCKERS FOR 314 00:20:53,385 --> 00:20:55,120 PUNISHMENT. I'M GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AT 315 00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:56,421 COACHELLA. I LOVE DJING. 316 00:20:56,488 --> 00:20:58,557 IT'S KIND OF A GROUND ZERO FOR ME. 317 00:20:58,624 --> 00:21:01,293 KEEPS ME VERY GROUNDED. >> Stephen: OKAY. 318 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:07,199 DO YOU HAVE A D.J. NAME? >> Idris: IT IS IDRIS ELBA. 319 00:21:07,265 --> 00:21:10,669 >> Stephen: COME ON. YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A D.J. 320 00:21:10,736 --> 00:21:15,340 GOATEE, I DON'T KNOW. >> Idris: I USED TO BE D.J. 321 00:21:15,407 --> 00:21:23,081 BIG DRIS. >> Stephen: OUT WHAT I BE? 322 00:21:23,148 --> 00:21:31,757 >> Idris: D.J. COLD BEARD. >> Stephen: BIG BEAR LITTLE 323 00:21:31,823 --> 00:21:35,994 BEAR? >> Idris: [LAUGHS] 324 00:21:36,061 --> 00:21:40,832 >> Stephen: LITTLE BEAR? >> Idris: D.J. CB. 325 00:21:40,899 --> 00:21:45,804 >> Stephen: THAT'S NICE. >> Idris: IT'S A WORKING TI 326 00:21:45,871 --> 00:21:47,072 TITLE. >> Stephen: IN ALL 327 00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:51,009 SERIOUSNESS, YOU'RE ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTORS AND I'M JUST 328 00:21:51,076 --> 00:21:55,080 CURIOUS WHETHER, HAVE YOU GOTTEN BETTER AS AN ACTOR? 329 00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:57,816 I'M NOT SAYING POST 50 BUT AS YOU GET OLDER, HOW DOES THAT 330 00:21:57,883 --> 00:22:00,118 CHANGE YOUR APPROACH TO THE WORK? 331 00:22:00,185 --> 00:22:02,821 PEOPLE ARE YOUNGER. THEY HAVE A CERTAIN VITALITY AND 332 00:22:02,888 --> 00:22:05,891 HUNGER THEY THREW THEMSELVES INTO THE WORK COMPLETELY 333 00:22:05,957 --> 00:22:08,894 SOMETIMES TO A FAULT. HOW DOES BEING A MORE MATURE MAN 334 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:12,798 CHANGED WE DO YOUR PERFORMANCES? >> Idris: THERE'S A LOT OF 335 00:22:12,864 --> 00:22:16,568 EXPERIENCE THAT GOES INTO IT. FIRST OF ALL, THE ROLES YOU 336 00:22:16,635 --> 00:22:18,003 PICK. YOU'RE SORT OF LOOKING AT THE 337 00:22:18,070 --> 00:22:20,939 SCRIPT, THINKING ABOUT, WHAT DO I HAVE TO OFFER TO THE 338 00:22:21,006 --> 00:22:25,243 CHARACTER? WHAT DO I HAVE TWO OFFER TO THE 339 00:22:25,310 --> 00:22:28,080 DIRECTOR, THE CAST QUESTION ON HOW MANY DAYS DO I HAVE OFF? 340 00:22:28,146 --> 00:22:31,249 >> Stephen: AND WHAT IS THE LOCATION? 341 00:22:31,316 --> 00:22:36,922 >> Idris: ONCE THE LOCATION? >> Stephen: ARE WE SHOOTING IN 342 00:22:36,988 --> 00:22:40,892 IBIZA? >> Idris: AGE GIVES YOU MORE 343 00:22:40,959 --> 00:22:45,630 THAN ACQUISITIVENESS TO GET AS CLOSE TO THE CHARACTERS YOU CAN. 344 00:22:45,697 --> 00:22:48,600 I ENJOY THAT PROCESS A LOT MORE AS I GET OLDER. 345 00:22:48,667 --> 00:22:51,636 >> Stephen: AS I WAS SAYING TO YOU BACKSTAGE AND I KNOW THIS 346 00:22:51,703 --> 00:22:57,008 MOVIE CAME OUT DURING COVID SO IT'S BEEN OUT FOR LITTLE WHILE 347 00:22:57,075 --> 00:23:01,780 BUT I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD SEE "3,000 YEARS OF LONGING." 348 00:23:01,847 --> 00:23:08,353 YOU ARE AT LEAST THREE 3000 YEARS OLD. 349 00:23:08,420 --> 00:23:13,692 I DON'T KNOW ANOTHER ACTOR WHO CAN CONVEY THAT LEVEL OF SOUL 350 00:23:13,759 --> 00:23:18,396 SOULFUL, HEARTBROKEN GRAVITAS THAT YOU BRING TO THAT PART. 351 00:23:18,463 --> 00:23:21,867 AN OTHERWORLDLY BEING FILLED WITH GRIEF OVER THE LONELINESS 352 00:23:21,933 --> 00:23:23,401 OF LIFE. >> Idris: IT'S A CLASSIC AND 353 00:23:23,468 --> 00:23:24,936 NO ONE HAS SEEN IT. >> Stephen: I THINK IT IS A 354 00:23:25,003 --> 00:23:27,706 CLASSIC. ONE OF GEORGE MILLER'S GREATEST 355 00:23:27,773 --> 00:23:28,940 FILMS. >> Idris: IT IS. 356 00:23:29,007 --> 00:23:32,811 ONE OF THE HARDEST FILMS TO MAKE. 357 00:23:32,878 --> 00:23:36,248 WE SHOT IT IN SYDNEY DURING THE PANDEMIC. 358 00:23:36,314 --> 00:23:38,817 IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT FILM TO MAKE. 359 00:23:38,884 --> 00:23:43,955 IT IS A DEEP FILM. IT'S ABOUT A GENIE WHO BASICALLY 360 00:23:44,022 --> 00:23:48,760 LIVES FOR 3,000 YEARS AND MEETS A WOMAN IN A HOTEL ROOM AND 361 00:23:48,827 --> 00:23:50,061 SAYS, YOU KNOW, HERE'S YOUR THREE WISHES. 362 00:23:50,128 --> 00:23:58,937 SHE'S LIKE "NAH, NOT INTO THAT." "LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING." 363 00:23:59,004 --> 00:24:03,809 >> Stephen: HE CAN'T BE FREE UNTIL SHE ASKS FOR THREE WISHES. 364 00:24:03,875 --> 00:24:06,211 THE TRUEST, THE WISHES OF HER HEART. 365 00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:07,412 >> Idris: IT'S A GOOD FILM. IT'S DEEP. 366 00:24:07,479 --> 00:24:12,050 >> Stephen: YOU SAID IN RECENT YEARS, YOU BEEN, THE QUOTE I 367 00:24:12,117 --> 00:24:16,388 HAVE HERE IS "SHEDDING SKINS." WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? 368 00:24:16,454 --> 00:24:20,325 THAT SOUNDS PAINFUL. >> Idris: IS PSORIASIS, 369 00:24:20,392 --> 00:24:21,126 BASICALLY. >> Stephen: SURE. 370 00:24:21,193 --> 00:24:25,964 YOU CAN GET SOME OTEZLA FOR THAT. 371 00:24:26,031 --> 00:24:28,633 >> Idris: YOU GROW OLDER. THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU CARE 372 00:24:28,700 --> 00:24:32,204 ABOUT A LOT WHEN YOU'RE YOUNGER THEN AS YOU GET OLDER, YOU LET 373 00:24:32,270 --> 00:24:36,007 GO OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS. I AM VERY MUCH ONE OF THESE 374 00:24:36,074 --> 00:24:38,443 PEOPLE, I AM WEST AFRICAN. WE HOLD ON TO THINGS FOR A 375 00:24:38,510 --> 00:24:41,179 WHILE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. WE HOLD ON TO IT. 376 00:24:41,246 --> 00:24:47,285 AS I GET OLDER, I JUST, NOT SO MUCH. 377 00:24:47,352 --> 00:24:50,155 SHED. LIKE MY JACKET, LIKE MY COAT. 378 00:24:50,222 --> 00:24:53,258 >> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT FOR YOU UP TO DO? 379 00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:55,460 IF YOU SHARE THIS INFO DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO DO? 380 00:24:55,527 --> 00:24:58,330 >> Idris: THINK IT'S ABOUT BEING MORE ACCEPTING, ABSORBING 381 00:24:58,396 --> 00:24:59,698 MORE. YOU LEARN MORE, YOU'RE EXPOSED 382 00:24:59,764 --> 00:25:04,836 TO MORE. BEING MORE OPEN. 383 00:25:04,903 --> 00:25:07,239 YOU CAN SHED SOME STUFF THAT YOU'VE BEEN SORT OF HOLDING ON 384 00:25:07,305 --> 00:25:09,241 FOR A LONG TIME AND YOUR YOUTHFUL YEARS. 385 00:25:09,307 --> 00:25:12,644 AS YOU GET OLDER, YOU CAN ACCEPT MORE, I THINK. 386 00:25:12,711 --> 00:25:15,447 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. 387 00:25:15,513 --> 00:25:17,515 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE IDRIS ELBA 388 00:25:24,589 --> 00:25:25,724 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. 389 00:25:25,790 --> 00:25:29,427 WE ARE BACK HERE WITH THE STAR OF "LUTHER: THE FALLEN SUN," 390 00:25:29,494 --> 00:25:33,431 IDRIS ELBA. YOU ARE WEST AFRICAN. 391 00:25:33,498 --> 00:25:36,835 YOUR MOM IS FROM GHANA AND YOUR FATHERS FROM SIERRA LEONE FOR 392 00:25:36,902 --> 00:25:39,671 YOU RECENTLY WENT TO GHANA. RIGHT HERE. 393 00:25:39,738 --> 00:25:43,108 LAST MONTH. WHAT WAS THE OCCASION? 394 00:25:43,174 --> 00:25:46,578 [APPLAUSE] >> Idris: YEAH. 395 00:25:46,645 --> 00:25:51,616 I WAS IN GHANA, I WAS MAKING A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE 396 00:25:51,683 --> 00:25:54,719 GOLD COAST. I WAS REALLY FASCINATED HOW, 397 00:25:54,786 --> 00:26:02,260 HUMANS ARE FASCINATED WITH THIS. WHILE I WAS THERE IN A SHANTY 398 00:26:02,327 --> 00:26:11,469 KINGDOM, THE KING, THE ASHANTI KING SAID WHAT YOU COME TO THIS 399 00:26:11,536 --> 00:26:15,674 PROCESSION. HE SAID PLEASE COME AND SAY HI 400 00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:20,946 HIGH. SO I SHOWED UP IN MY JEANS AND 401 00:26:21,012 --> 00:26:25,183 THEY WERE LIKE NO, NO, NO, NO. YOU'VE GOT TO WEAR THIS. 402 00:26:25,250 --> 00:26:28,086 THAT WAS THE OUTFIT. IT WAS A REALLY FASCINATING DAY. 403 00:26:28,153 --> 00:26:32,457 IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, TRADITION WAS RICH. 404 00:26:32,524 --> 00:26:38,496 THIS IS A KENTE OUTFIT. CLOTH. 405 00:26:38,563 --> 00:26:40,932 >> Stephen: HAD YOU WORN ONE BEFORE? 406 00:26:40,999 --> 00:26:43,735 IS IT HARD? IS A DIFFICULT, SPECIAL WAY? 407 00:26:43,802 --> 00:26:47,439 >> Idris: THERE IS A SYSTEM. WE MEET THE KING, TYPICALLY YOU 408 00:26:47,505 --> 00:26:51,142 HAVE TO DROP THE SHOULDER DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND THEN SHAKE THE 409 00:26:51,209 --> 00:26:52,110 KING'S HAND. IT'S PART OF TRADITION. 410 00:26:52,177 --> 00:26:55,146 >> Stephen: WHAT DOES IT SYMBOLIZE, OPENNESS? 411 00:26:55,213 --> 00:26:56,381 >> Idris: SORT OF A SYMBOL OF RESPECT. 412 00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:59,250 THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I'M WEARING IT. 413 00:26:59,317 --> 00:27:03,288 UNDERNEATH YOU'VE JUST GOT YOUR SHORTS ON. 414 00:27:03,355 --> 00:27:07,392 MY THINKING. OH, MAN, I AM GOING TO MEET THE 415 00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:11,162 KING AND IT'S GOING TO FALL OFF AND I'M STANDING THERE IN MY 416 00:27:11,229 --> 00:27:12,831 BOXERS. I WAS LIKE, PLEASE. 417 00:27:12,897 --> 00:27:17,602 LET THIS NOT HAPPEN TO ME. IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY BEAUTIFUL 418 00:27:17,669 --> 00:27:18,870 TIME AND I DON'T MEAN TO MAKE FUN OF IT. 419 00:27:18,937 --> 00:27:24,042 IT WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL. >> Stephen: THE NEW FILM, YOU 420 00:27:24,109 --> 00:27:26,911 ARE RETURNING AS DETECTIVE JOHN LUTHER IN "LUTHER: THE 421 00:27:26,978 --> 00:27:29,247 FALLEN SUN." FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR, 422 00:27:29,314 --> 00:27:33,752 WHO IS JOHN LUTHER? WHAT'S IT LIKE TO PLAY A 423 00:27:33,818 --> 00:27:36,388 CHARACTER FOR 13 YEARS? >> Idris: I KNOW. 424 00:27:36,454 --> 00:27:39,824 JOHN LUTHER IS THE CHARACTER THAT I PLAYED IN 2010. 425 00:27:39,891 --> 00:27:42,127 HE'S A DETECTIVE. IT'S THE DETECTIVE GENRE. 426 00:27:42,193 --> 00:27:47,832 HE'S A BROKEN MAN, TORTURED. IT WAS FOR THE BBC ORIGINALLY 427 00:27:47,899 --> 00:27:50,235 AND WE DID FIVE SEASONS. IT'S A GREAT SHOW. 428 00:27:50,301 --> 00:27:52,504 I LOVE THAT SHOW. EVENTUALLY WE WANTED TO SEE IT 429 00:27:52,570 --> 00:27:57,242 ON A BIGGER SCALE SO WE SORT OF PUT IT IN THE ETHER AND HERE WE 430 00:27:57,308 --> 00:28:01,279 ARE WITH A FILM, THE FIRST FILM. >> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP. 431 00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:04,015 DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE? 432 00:28:04,082 --> 00:28:05,250 >> Idris: NO. >> Stephen: YOU DON'T. 433 00:28:05,316 --> 00:28:07,318 IT WILL BE EXCITING FOR BOTH OF US. 434 00:28:07,385 --> 00:28:17,829 >> Idris: [LAUGHS] >> WHERE IS IT? 435 00:28:17,896 --> 00:28:19,831 WHERE IS IT? >> Idris: IN THE CUPBOARD. 436 00:28:19,898 --> 00:28:26,404 >> IN THE CUPBOARD. IDIOT. 437 00:28:26,471 --> 00:28:29,941 >> LISTEN TO THIS. HAVE YOU? 438 00:28:30,008 --> 00:28:30,942 >> NO. >> GOOD. 439 00:28:31,009 --> 00:28:35,046 YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? THE DYING BREATHS OF A YOUNG 440 00:28:35,113 --> 00:28:38,616 MAN. IT'S HORRIBLE. 441 00:28:38,683 --> 00:28:42,520 I WANT TO FIND WHO MADE THAT RECORDING YOU'RE GOING TO HELP 442 00:28:42,587 --> 00:28:45,824 ME BY TELLING ME HOW IT'S TRANSMITTED. 443 00:28:45,890 --> 00:28:47,125 OKAY. THIS IS THE PART WHERE I DO 444 00:28:47,192 --> 00:28:53,898 SOMETHING HORRIBLE TO YOU. PERHAPS TATTOO YOUR EYEBALL. 445 00:28:53,965 --> 00:28:56,201 THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. 446 00:28:56,267 --> 00:28:57,402 DON'T MOVE. STOP MOVING. 447 00:28:57,469 --> 00:29:07,378 STOP MOVING. [APPLAUSE] 448 00:29:07,445 --> 00:29:10,281 >> Stephen: IDRIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 449 00:29:10,348 --> 00:29:12,183 "LUTHER: THE FALLEN SUN" PREMIERES THIS FRIDAY ON 450 00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:14,018 NETFLIX. IT'S IDRIS ELBA, EVERYBODY. 451 00:29:14,085 --> 00:29:17,789 WE'LL BE BACK WITH F. MURRAY ABRAHAM. 452 00:29:17,856 --> 00:29:19,858 THANK YOU. 453 00:29:30,535 --> 00:29:31,636 ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, 454 00:29:31,703 --> 00:29:35,473 WELCOME BACK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 455 00:29:35,540 --> 00:29:36,641 MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "AMADEUS," 456 00:29:36,708 --> 00:29:40,778 "THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL," AND "THE WHITE LOTUS." 457 00:29:40,845 --> 00:29:43,882 HIS NEW FILM IS "THE MAGIC FLUTE." 458 00:29:43,948 --> 00:29:47,185 >> I HAD OCCASION TO HEAR YOUR FATHER SING SEVERAL TIME IS 459 00:29:47,252 --> 00:29:50,021 RIGHT HERE IN THESE HALLOWED HALLS WHERE WE BOTH GOT OUR 460 00:29:50,088 --> 00:29:52,690 START. HE WAS A FEW YEARS BEHIND ME BUT 461 00:29:52,757 --> 00:29:58,263 I REMEMBER HIS POWERFUL YET NUANCED FIGURE. 462 00:29:58,329 --> 00:29:59,430 YOUR FATHER WAS QUITE THE SINGER. 463 00:29:59,497 --> 00:30:02,800 IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS ONE MUST HAVE DISCIPLINE. 464 00:30:02,867 --> 00:30:11,209 AND ONE MUST HAVE RULES. IN ANY CASE, OUR CHRISTMAS 465 00:30:11,276 --> 00:30:15,914 RECITAL FAST APPROACHES. >> THE MAGIC FLUTE. 466 00:30:15,980 --> 00:30:18,183 THAT WAS ACTUALLY MY DAD'S FAVORITE. 467 00:30:18,249 --> 00:30:21,619 HE SAID HE ALWAYS FELT THIS CONNECTION WITH THE PRINCE. 468 00:30:21,686 --> 00:30:24,689 >> OH. >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO 469 00:30:24,756 --> 00:30:29,294 "THE LATE SHOW," F. MURRAY ABRAHAM. 470 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:36,901 ♪ ♪ 471 00:30:36,968 --> 00:30:51,849 >> F. Murray: OH! [APPLAUSE] 472 00:30:51,916 --> 00:30:52,951 >> F. Murray: OH! [APPLAUSE] 473 00:30:53,017 --> 00:30:55,220 THANK YOU! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 474 00:30:55,286 --> 00:30:57,355 >> Stephen: IT'S SO NICE. I'VE BEEN A FAN FOR SO LONG. 475 00:30:57,422 --> 00:30:59,891 WE'VE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO TALK BEFORE. 476 00:30:59,958 --> 00:31:04,262 IT IS SUCH A PLEASURE FOR ME. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT "THE 477 00:31:04,329 --> 00:31:08,967 WHITE LOTUS" HE'S AN TWO. YOU WERE ONE OF THE STARS, YOU 478 00:31:09,033 --> 00:31:11,769 CALLED IT THE BEST JOB THAT YOU HAVE EVER HAD. 479 00:31:11,836 --> 00:31:14,973 YOU ARE 83, YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD JOBS. 480 00:31:15,039 --> 00:31:19,877 WHY WAS THAT THE BEST ONE? >> F. Murray: WAS A GREAT 481 00:31:19,944 --> 00:31:22,780 SCRIPT. IT WAS, EVERYBODY LIKED EACH 482 00:31:22,847 --> 00:31:25,617 OTHER. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN TOO OFTEN. 483 00:31:25,683 --> 00:31:29,053 >> Stephen: OH, YEAH? >> F. Murray: NO, IT DOESN'T. 484 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,022 >> Stephen: WASN'T DURING COVID, WERE YOU STUCK TOGETHER? 485 00:31:31,089 --> 00:31:33,958 >> F. Murray: YEAH, WE HAVE THE WHOLE HOTEL TO OURSELVES 486 00:31:34,025 --> 00:31:36,661 BECAUSE IT WAS OFF-SEASON BUT IT WWAS A BEATABLE PLACE. 487 00:31:36,728 --> 00:31:40,365 THE CAST, THE CREW. EVERYONE. 488 00:31:40,431 --> 00:31:41,933 WE ATE TOGETHER. TO WORK TOGETHER. 489 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:46,037 I THINK IT COMES THROUGH THE CAMERA. 490 00:31:46,104 --> 00:31:50,541 WE ALL REALLY GOT ALONG. >> Stphen: THE NEW FILM IS 491 00:31:50,608 --> 00:31:52,844 "THE MAGIC FLUTE." YOU HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT 492 00:31:52,910 --> 00:31:56,214 YOU'RE A FAN OF THE OPERA BY MOZART. 493 00:31:56,281 --> 00:31:58,750 WHAT DID YOU LOVE ABOUT IT? I HAVE MY OWN REASONS FOR LOVING 494 00:31:58,816 --> 00:32:01,619 IT AND I WILL TELL YOU WERE JUST A SECOND. 495 00:32:01,686 --> 00:32:06,624 >> F. Murray: ONE OF THE EARLY ONES THAT I FELL IN LOVE WITH. 496 00:32:06,691 --> 00:32:11,062 LA BOHEME WAS THE FIRST ONE. ONE OF THE REASONS I LOVE THIS 497 00:32:11,129 --> 00:32:16,434 MOVIE, IT'S A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO A GENERATION THAT DOESN'T 498 00:32:16,501 --> 00:32:22,106 KNOW OPERA BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, IT'S "THE MAGIC FLUTE." 499 00:32:22,173 --> 00:32:26,244 IT'S GOT REAL MAGIC IN IT BUT IT'S ALSO LIKE A HARRY POTTER 500 00:32:26,311 --> 00:32:29,881 VERSION OF "THE MAGIC FLUTE" SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE 501 00:32:29,947 --> 00:32:33,017 BUNCH OF KIDS DISCOVERING OPERA. BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. 502 00:32:33,084 --> 00:32:36,521 BY THE WAY, WE SHOT IT IN SALZBURG, ANOTHER REASON THAT I 503 00:32:36,587 --> 00:32:40,358 DID IT. >> Stephen: DO YOU EVER PICK A 504 00:32:40,425 --> 00:32:43,428 PROJECT BECAUSE THE LOCATION IS GREAT? 505 00:32:43,494 --> 00:32:45,296 >> F. Murray: ACTUALLY, YES. [LAUGHS] 506 00:32:45,363 --> 00:32:48,032 >> Stephen: AND THE SCRIPT IS GREAT OBVIOUSLY. 507 00:32:48,099 --> 00:32:51,703 >> F. Murray: IF IT'S ONLY MEDIOCRE. 508 00:32:51,769 --> 00:32:56,774 BUT IT'S IN A GREAT PLACE. [LAUGHS] 509 00:32:56,841 --> 00:33:00,778 >> Stephen: YOU'VE STILL GOT TO GO. 510 00:33:00,845 --> 00:33:03,414 I DON'T KNOW SALZBURG. >> F. Murray: IT'S SO PRETTY. 511 00:33:03,481 --> 00:33:07,852 I MEAN, IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL. DO YOU KNOW THE "THE SOUND OF 512 00:33:07,919 --> 00:33:11,522 MUSIC" WAS SHOT THERE. >> Stephen: I DID KNOW THAT. 513 00:33:11,589 --> 00:33:13,257 >> F. Murray: ONE OF THE BIGGEST TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN 514 00:33:13,324 --> 00:33:14,125 EUROPE. RIGHT NOW. 515 00:33:14,192 --> 00:33:18,996 IT'S HUGE. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 516 00:33:19,063 --> 00:33:21,933 IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE'S ANOTHER BIG TOURIST ATTRACTION, 517 00:33:21,999 --> 00:33:28,406 AND THAT WAS MOZART'S HOUSE WAS THERE AND BECAUSE IT WAS THE 518 00:33:28,473 --> 00:33:31,743 COVID AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS NO ONE THERE. 519 00:33:31,809 --> 00:33:34,579 THE TOURISTS WERE OUT, SO I HAVE THE RUN OF THE TOWN. 520 00:33:34,645 --> 00:33:41,386 IT WAS GREAT. I HAD GUIDED TOURS BY THE PEOPLE 521 00:33:41,452 --> 00:33:43,254 WHO RAN THE OPERATION. I FELT LIKE A REALLY BIG MAN. 522 00:33:43,321 --> 00:33:46,424 >> Stephen: YOU PLAY A TEACHER AND A HEADMASTER IN THIS FILM. 523 00:33:46,491 --> 00:33:52,463 IS THERE PARTICULAR TEACHER WHO MADE A PARTICULAR DIFFERENCE IN 524 00:33:52,530 --> 00:33:55,266 YOUR LIFE? >> F. Murray: I WAS A HOODLUM. 525 00:33:55,333 --> 00:33:57,135 >> Stephen: YOU WERE A HOODLUM? 526 00:33:57,201 --> 00:34:00,671 F. MURRAY ABRAHAM WAS A HOODLUM? >> F. Murray: YES. 527 00:34:00,738 --> 00:34:04,642 EL PASO, TEXAS, THE MOVIE, YOU KNOW "SCARFACE." 528 00:34:04,709 --> 00:34:08,012 I SOUNDED LIKE THAT IN CHARACTER WHEN I GREW UP. 529 00:34:08,079 --> 00:34:09,981 ALL OF MY FRIENDS ARE MEXICANS AND I GREW UP WITH THE BORDER. 530 00:34:10,047 --> 00:34:13,818 I WAS A BOMB. I WAS REALLY GOING NOWHERE. 531 00:34:13,885 --> 00:34:17,088 THIS TEACHER. TURN MY LIFE AROUND, SHE SAID 532 00:34:17,155 --> 00:34:18,556 YOU SHOULD TRY THIS. DON'T ASK ME WHY. 533 00:34:18,623 --> 00:34:23,494 >> Stephen: WAS IT AN ACTING CLASS? 534 00:34:23,561 --> 00:34:25,129 >> F. Murray: SPEECH AND DRAMA. 535 00:34:25,196 --> 00:34:28,166 I TOOK IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS EASY. 536 00:34:28,232 --> 00:34:29,667 >> Stephen: WAS IT EASY? >> F. Murray: AS SOON AS I 537 00:34:29,734 --> 00:34:32,036 STEPPED ON THE STAGE, I KNEW WHERE I BELONG TO. 538 00:34:32,103 --> 00:34:34,972 IT WAS UP A GIFT FROM HEAVEN. TO CHANGE MY LIFE. 539 00:34:35,039 --> 00:34:41,813 I LEFT THE GANGS. I ACTED IN A CONTEST IN THE 540 00:34:41,879 --> 00:34:46,350 STATE OF TEXAS AND MY WON AND I GOT A SCHOLARSHIP. 541 00:34:46,417 --> 00:34:48,653 WENT TO COLLEGE. [APPLAUSE] 542 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:56,093 >> Stephen: DO YOU REMEMBER, WHAT WAS THE THING THE ACTED TO 543 00:34:56,160 --> 00:35:00,198 WIN THE CONTEST? >> F. Murray: IT WAS A ONE-MAN 544 00:35:00,264 --> 00:35:01,666 PLAY. I PLANED A GUY WITH A SCOTTISH 545 00:35:01,732 --> 00:35:03,367 ACCENT. THE SCHOLARSHIP WAS $100 TO GO 546 00:35:03,434 --> 00:35:08,506 TO COLLEGE. >> Stephen: THOSE ARE THE DA 547 00:35:08,573 --> 00:35:10,842 DAYS. >> F. Murray: WELL, I AM 548 00:35:10,908 --> 00:35:13,544 125 YEARS OLD. >> Stephen: IT WAS THE FIRST 549 00:35:13,611 --> 00:35:18,716 YEAR OF COLLEGE. THEY WEREN'T SURE IF IT WAS 550 00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:22,019 GOING TO TAKE OFF YOUR INTRODUCTORY PRICE. 551 00:35:22,086 --> 00:35:25,022 YOU ARE PERFORMING WITH THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. 552 00:35:25,089 --> 00:35:28,059 WHEN IS THAT? >> F. Murray: THAT IS GOING TO 553 00:35:28,125 --> 00:35:32,029 BE IN THE WEEK AND A HALF. 17, 18, 19. 554 00:35:32,096 --> 00:35:35,399 I AM DOING MORE MOZART. >> Stephen: ARE YOU SINGING? 555 00:35:35,466 --> 00:35:37,935 WHAT ARE YOU DOING? >> F. Murray: I'M GOING TO BE 556 00:35:38,002 --> 00:35:42,607 RECITING POETRY WITH THE GREAT CONDUCTOR. 557 00:35:42,673 --> 00:35:48,446 GREAT, GREAT CONDUCTOR AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE REQUIEM. 558 00:35:48,513 --> 00:35:49,780 YES. YOU KNOW WHAT? 559 00:35:49,847 --> 00:35:53,951 A BUNCH OF SMARTIES. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. 560 00:35:54,018 --> 00:35:58,222 I WAS BORN IN PITTSBURGH. I LEFT WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, 561 00:35:58,289 --> 00:36:02,159 GREW UP IN EL PASO. BUT I TRAVE AROUND A LOFT. 562 00:36:02,226 --> 00:36:05,263 IT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I THINK ABOUT MY JOB. 563 00:36:05,329 --> 00:36:08,432 I GET TO SEE THE WORLD AND SOMEONE PAYS ME. 564 00:36:08,499 --> 00:36:12,670 >> Stephen: WELL, SPEAKING OF MOZART AND SPECIFICALLY THE 565 00:36:12,737 --> 00:36:21,279 REQUIEM, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT "AMADEUS" FOR JUST A MOMENT. 566 00:36:21,345 --> 00:36:25,449 E.U., THE REQUIEM IS WHAT IS COMPOSING WHEN HE DIES, WHEN 567 00:36:25,516 --> 00:36:29,620 YOU'RE CHARACTER, SALIERI, ESSENTIALLY KILLS THEM THROUGH 568 00:36:29,687 --> 00:36:32,390 EXHAUSTION. YOU WON AN OSCAR FOR YOUR 569 00:36:32,456 --> 00:36:39,463 PERFORMANCE. HERE YOU ARE. 570 00:36:39,530 --> 00:36:47,738 YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED A BIT. ABSOLUTELY THE SAME. 571 00:36:47,805 --> 00:36:50,675 WHERE DO YOU KEEP THE OSCAR? >> F. Murray: I REALLY MISS MY 572 00:36:50,741 --> 00:36:51,576 HAIR. [LAUGHS] 573 00:36:51,642 --> 00:36:52,910 >> Stephen: WHERE DO YOU KEEP THE OSCAR. 574 00:36:52,977 --> 00:36:55,813 >> F. Murray: I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, MAN. 575 00:36:55,880 --> 00:37:00,618 BECAUSE THE OSCAR BROUGHT ME SO MANY GOODIES, HE HAS APPEARED IN 576 00:37:00,685 --> 00:37:04,455 EVERY PLAY I'VE EVER DONE. >> Stephen: OSCAR HAS? 577 00:37:04,522 --> 00:37:06,357 >> F. Murray: HERE IN NEW YORK, ON BROADWAY, 578 00:37:06,424 --> 00:37:08,893 OFF-BROADWAY, IN EUROPE, IN CONCERTS. 579 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:13,898 I GIVE HIM TO THE STAGE MANAGER AND I SAY LISTEN, HIDE HIM ON 580 00:37:13,965 --> 00:37:16,434 THE STAGE. NOT SO WHERE THE AUDIENCE CAN'T 581 00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:20,705 SEE HIM BUT WHERE THE CAST CAN DISCOVER HIM. 582 00:37:20,771 --> 00:37:22,640 JUST FOR FUN. >> Stephen: THAT IS A HELL OF 583 00:37:22,707 --> 00:37:25,643 A FLEX, I'VE GOT TO SAY. OH, I'M SORRY. 584 00:37:25,710 --> 00:37:30,247 DID I PUT MY OSCAR IN YOUR SCENE? 585 00:37:30,314 --> 00:37:33,584 I DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS THERE. I DIDN'TWANT THEM TO BE THERE. 586 00:37:33,651 --> 00:37:38,222 >> F. Murray: HE HAS BEEN IN TRASH CANS, DRAWERS, SUITCASES. 587 00:37:38,289 --> 00:37:41,192 PEOPLE GET INTO BED AND THEY GO, WHOA. 588 00:37:41,258 --> 00:37:45,429 >> Stephen: IS THAT AN OSCAR ARE YOU JUST HAPPY TO SEE ME? 589 00:37:45,496 --> 00:37:53,204 BUT YOU'RE ON STAGE. WELL, THIS IS A BROADWAY STAGE. 590 00:37:53,270 --> 00:37:56,674 WHERE IS OSCAR? IS OSCAR HERE? 591 00:37:56,741 --> 00:37:58,275 >> F. Murray: ARE YOU SAYING -- 592 00:37:58,342 --> 00:38:00,878 >> Stephen: I AM ASKING YOU IF OSCAR IS HERE TONIGHT. 593 00:38:00,945 --> 00:38:03,547 >> F. Murray: I DON'T KNOW. >> Stephen: MARK, THAT IS MY 594 00:38:03,614 --> 00:38:06,183 STAGE MANAGER. IS IT SOMEWHERE OUT HERE? 595 00:38:06,250 --> 00:38:13,991 >> F. Murray: HE SAYS IT IS. >> Stephen: DO WE DO THIS -- 596 00:38:14,058 --> 00:38:17,261 THE YOUNGEST ONE GOES AND LOOKS FOR IT? 597 00:38:17,328 --> 00:38:19,397 IS THERE A TRICK? MAY I? 598 00:38:19,463 --> 00:38:22,767 I'M NOT JOKING. HOLD ON. 599 00:38:22,833 --> 00:38:31,776 NO. HOLD ON. 600 00:38:31,842 --> 00:38:43,220 WARMER? [AUDIENCE SHOUTING] 601 00:38:43,287 --> 00:38:58,169 >> TURN LEFT, TURN LEFT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 602 00:38:58,235 --> 00:38:59,737 >> TURN LEFT, TURN LEFT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 603 00:38:59,804 --> 00:39:08,512 [APPLAUSE] >> Stephen: WOW. 604 00:39:08,579 --> 00:39:12,083 I WILL DELIVER HIM RIGHT BACK TO YOU. 605 00:39:12,149 --> 00:39:14,418 >> F. Murray: OH, IT'S ALL YOURS. 606 00:39:14,485 --> 00:39:16,454 >> Stephen: F. MURRAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 607 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:24,962 OH, MY GOSH. I'VE NEVER HELD ONE BEFORE. 608 00:39:25,029 --> 00:39:27,998 MAY I PICK HIM UP AGAIN? OH, MY GOSH. 609 00:39:28,065 --> 00:39:34,405 OH, MY GOSH. F. MURRAY ABRAHAM, BEST ACTOR IN 610 00:39:34,472 --> 00:39:39,110 A LEADING ROLE, "AMADEUS." DAMN. 611 00:39:39,176 --> 00:39:40,111 THIS IS SUCH AN UNLIKELY MURDER WEAPON. 612 00:39:40,177 --> 00:39:45,249 NO ONE WOULD SUSPECT IT. YOU CAN PUT HIM IN THE 613 00:39:45,316 --> 00:39:46,183 DISHWASHER AND GET ALL THE EVIDENCE OFF. 614 00:39:46,250 --> 00:39:50,554 WELL, I'D LIKE TO THANK F. MURRAY ABRAHAM. 615 00:39:50,621 --> 00:39:52,757 I LIKE TO THANK "THE MAGIC FLUTE" WHICH IS IN SELECT 616 00:39:52,823 --> 00:39:55,960 THEATERS ON FRIDAY. F. MURRAY ABRAHAM, EVERYBODY. 617 00:39:56,026 --> 00:40:01,532 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 618 00:40:18,816 --> 00:40:19,850 >> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 619 00:40:19,917 --> 00:40:22,920 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE LILY TOMLIN 620 00:40:22,987 --> 00:40:24,421 AND JANE FONDA, PLUS MORE OF MY INTERVIEW 621 00:40:24,488 --> 00:40:28,025 WITH STEVEN SPIELBERG AND COMPOSER JOHN WILLIAMS. 622 00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:31,695 GOOD NIGHT.